4 Mart / March (Ankara)



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Hello friends,

Today, Sunday, March 4 started with Yüksel's arrival at 12:30. I had thought to cook for the friends who came but Yuksel announced he would go shopping to cook a good meal of his. So I stepped back to leave him space. After he came back home with everything he needed we started preparing. I helped cut onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and other things. At 14h sharp, Mehtap arrived all happy and after a few minutes Bulent also came. A little bit later a friend of his came we had met once at the Ardiç cafe. I went to look for the paper Eduardo had sent me so that Bulent could fill in his friends' information and we started talking, Mehtap translating. Bulent filled in the table with phone numbers of friends to whom he had talked and who were available to help in the June tour. But he also explained that on Wednesday at 19h, Aydan and Nurdan, the poets, are coming and that Nurdan has many contacts everywhere, so that, according to Bulent, it would be much better than his friends. So we agreed that after the ceremonies of the meeting, we would take up the issue with her about the tour in Western Turkey.

We had chai and a while later Mehtap starts asking questions about the Book. That there are parts she doesn't understand and I suggest we talk about this. With the Book in her had she indicates the part of the internal states and we talk about this that it is a poetic translation, difficult to capture with the rational head and we talked about the fact that the Book is always a new challenge for us as well, that it requires a process of growing deepening and comprehension and that she shouldn't worry so much. This, in short, but we talked a lot and she was happy. In this converstion, we also told her how good it would be if those interested in these issues got together in a meeting, outside the weekly meeting of ceremonies to interchange about parts of the Book and that by interchanging each one understands and verifies with his own intuitions and experiences and this would help a lot to deepen.

Continuing, she proposes to do a Well Being ceremony for sister and her husband (the one who sold us the washing machine and the freezer) because there are some problems and tensions between them. So we agreed to do so. In the meantime Peter calls Umit to invite him to come eat as well as Handan. She told us she was about to get out from the course but would come later and Umit too in some hours.

So we moved to the salita to do ceremonies. Bulent's friend didn't want to and that was OK, no problem. We asked Bulent to guide both ceremonies starting with the Service. We asked him to go very slowly and leave a good pause before doing the Asking. He did it really well, very connected and it was a beautiful and strong experience. After we continued with the Well Being, the moment Umit arrived and sat with us. Again Bulent guided very good and paused. We asked for Mehtap's sister and her husband, wishing for them a good solution, to Zehra that her family situation improves, and for those who can't see or hear which Bulent wanted. We also asked for Isabel's grandmother.

At the end there was a very well charged atmosphere of luminous energy and everyone smiling and needing to hug.

And a converstation about things that can be done in the salita began and we gave images of camarederie dinners, meetings with friends for tea and biscuits, that everything was possible, that there were no rules to follow, that yes, one can read poems or play music. The important thing is that everyone feel comfortable and leave recharged with a happy and luminous energy that he feels comforted for a moment and out of his daily problems. And that one can always include ceremonies. Well, something of the sort so that our friends feel free and inspired to use their Salita. It was clear they were happy with what we talked about.

Very happily we moved to the kitchen to eat and everyone was hungry.

At the end of an excellent meal, Peter asked Umit if he wanted to do a seminar and he said yes. We immediately included Mehtap, Bülent and Yüksel who also wanted to do a seminar. So we looked in the Manual and chose the seminar on the need for a deep and essential change. Because the issue was in the air from the conversations.

Peter asked Mehtap and Umit if they could divide among themselves some texts to translate so that all participants could receive the text during the seminar. We printed the text and they divided the parts. We scheduled the seminar for Saturday, March 17, because Yuksel this week end will be in Diyarbakir. In the Wednesday meeting we will inform everyone about the seminar, so that other friends can also sign up.

After having agreed to this, Bulent and his friend must go and we say good-bye with lots of human warmth and happiness, we move again to the living room that Peter wants to show the new Blog of Silo's Message in Turkey and the new web site. Everyone fascinated and we explain they can be active in putting things on the Blog and we showed them how to sign up as authors. As a first initiative Mehtap and Umit write the information about the seminar in Turkish and publish it on the Blog. At 18:30, Mehtap and Umit must go and they leave all luminous, happy for the good afternoon we shared. Mehtap said that she will make an intention, to come tomorrow after work with the whole Book revised for typing errors in the text.

Before leaving, Bulent announced that he will come on Wednesday with 15 friends for the meeting but after the ceremonies they will leave so that we will stay only with those involved with the issue of the tours. So very well.

Yuksel announces he must leave but will be back in two hours.

Right after everyone left, Handan who was a bit sick but hungry. So Peter prepares food and she eats with good appetite. After we repeat everything with Handan: blog and web site. And Handan fascinated with some videos that are on the web and we looked at them. In the meantime, Yuksel had come back before expected and more chai and chats. At 20:30 Handan goes home and Yuksel invites Peter for a walk on Kizilay and we finish first in Ardiç cafe and after at the Kurdish cafe where he has friends and family. We can speak easier and easier with hands and arms, gestures and Turkish words. Lots of fun and very gratifying.

We will come back at 22:30 and Yuksel happily says good-bye.

It was a day of rich conversations and things ordered with the issue of the Message and everything again in an atmosphere as smooth as running water.

A warm hug to all,
Peter and something more that was accompanying